* I told you this would happen.
TheLantern:
Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee stopped into The Lantern newsroom Wednesday evening to discuss a number of issues that fuel the university, ranging from a likely tuition increase next year to his quick trip to the Sugar Bowl.....
"There's a high probability we will increase tuition next year."
Gee said he believes higher education will see a reduction in government funding under Gov. John Kasich....
I wonder what other surprises Kasich has for us.
* Did you know that Walmart is costing Ohio taxpayers money?
Plaindealer:
In addition to its reputation for low prices, Walmart is recognized by some as a company that puts profits ahead of its workers’ well-being. State Rep. Robert Hagan, a Youngstown Democrat, capitalized on that distinction last month when he publicly chastised the megastore for all the public assistance its workers in Ohio receive.....
.....Ohio taxpayers spent more than $67 million "for the year" on food stamps and Medicaid for Walmart workers, Hagan said.
Hagan made clear he does not wish to reduce public assistance to those who need it. But he questioned why so many workers at Walmart — which boasted $405 billion in sales last year — live in poverty and need Medicaid and food stamps....
If Walmart would provide their workers a decent wage, Ohio taxpayers would not have to supplement their income.
*** Politico has some info Kasich's fundraising campaign:
Online fundraising is now a critical component to any campaign and a consultant for John Kasich's gubernatorial run in Ohio dug up an intriguing data point after mining through the fundraising numbers: The gifts of donors who gave through a mobile device were almost twice as large as those who contributed through a computer.
According to online consultant Emotive, the average gift of mobile visitors' was $339 while desktop visitors' was $172....
....In a 17-page post-election analysis provided to POLITICO, Emotive also found that text messaging was not effective, dubbing it "expensive and redundant."
This report will definitely be analyzed by other candidates.
> > > Plunderbund demonstrates that in order to give big money to his pals, Kasich is cutting the salaries of other people in his office:
....Not surprisingly, the people who had their salaries cut to help pay for the new Cabinet Secretary were not Jai Chabria or Beth Hansen or any of Kasich’s pals. They were the people at the bottom of the pay scale.
So while Jai Chabria continues to make $145K for a made up position of Special Assistant, Cassandra Cartier, an administrative assistant, had her salary cut from $35K to $30K a year. Ann Brubaker, the receptionist, had her salary cut from $33K to $32K per year.
And Maggie Toal, an administrative assistant whose name showed up on our original list making $35K/year has had her salary cut down to $23K! That’s a THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT PAY CUT in one week. Jai would never have noticed the missing $12K but this woman just lost over a third of her already meager salary....
Can you imagine having your salary go from $35,000/yr to $23,000/yr. so that some Kasich crony can get more money? People have homes, cars, child care costs, but that doesn't matter because Kasich's buddy needs $145,000/yr.